Snapshot a Kick Channel's Profile and Live Status
Pull a channel's follower count, live status, and current stream info as a row — for streamer dashboards and monitoring.
Is the streamer live, and how many followers do they have? One row answers both. Thirdwatch's Kick Scraper pulls Kick channels, past streams, and clips through the platform's public API — followers, live status, views, durations, and playback URLs.
Skip the setup: Run this as a ready-to-go task on Apify — pre-loaded with the configuration from this guide.
Why snapshot a channel
Kick's web UI shows channel state but offers no export — for a dashboard, an alert, or a database of streamers you want the profile as a row.
The channel slug in channels returns the profile, live status, and follower count.
The scraper hits Kick's public API surface, so a channel slug in means profile, VODs, and clips as rows — no browser needed.
How does this compare to the alternatives?
| Approach | Cost model | Coverage | Effort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kick web UI | Free | One channel at a time | No export path |
| Custom API scripts | Your infra | Same endpoints | You own maintenance |
| Thirdwatch Kick Scraper | Pay per row | Channels, VODs, clips | Paste a channel, run |
Why this Actor
- Channel profile rows: followers, live status, current stream title and viewers.
- VOD rows with playback URLs and thumbnails.
- Clip rows with view counts and durations.
- Multiple channels per run for comparison or monitoring.
- Public API path — no auth, no browser.
How to do it in 3 steps
Step 1: Configure the input
Set the inputs as shown below — channels takes the targets, channel slugs; includeVideos and includeClips toggle the VOD and clip pulls per channel.
Step 2: Run the Actor
Run it from the console, the API, or the linked saved task. One dataset row is written per channel or video.
Step 3: Use the output
Channel rows carry followers, live status and current stream info; video rows carry title, views, duration, thumbnail and playback URL.
{
"channels": [
"xqc"
]
}Each dataset row looks like:
{
"type": "channel",
"slug": "xqc",
"userId": "12345",
"followersCount": 1200000,
"isLive": true,
"liveTitle": "SLOTS THEN REACT",
"liveViewers": 45000,
"url": "https://kick.com/xqc"
}What to watch for
Kick's public API is undocumented — field availability can shift over time. Viewer counts are point-in-time at scrape.
Related use cases
- Pull a Kick Channel's Past Streams (VODs)
- Discover a Kick Channel's Top Clips
- Monitor Which Kick Streamers Are Live Right Now
- Compare Several Kick Streamers in One Run
- All Thirdwatch use-case guides
Run the Kick Scraper on Apify Store — pay per result, free to try, no credit card to test.
Frequently asked questions
What do I get per channel?
A channel row — slug, userId, followers, `isLive`, live title and viewers — plus a row per VOD or clip when `includeVideos`/`includeClips` are set.
Are playback URLs included?
Yes — VOD rows carry `playbackUrl` and `videoUrl` plus the thumbnail.
Can I check if a streamer is live?
Yes — the channel row's `isLive`, `liveTitle` and `liveViewers` are the live-status fields.
How many VODs come back?
`maxVideos` caps the pull per channel; default is 20.
Is the API official?
It's Kick's public, unauthenticated API — the same one the site itself uses.
Do clips have view counts?
Yes — `views` is on every clip row along with duration and creation date.
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